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Brown Bag CLE on February 25 — Materials Now Available

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Just a reminder:  The OSB Appellate Practice Section will be holding a lunchtime CLE on significant 2015 decisions from our state appellate courts.  Link to the materials at the end of this post.

What Just Happened?
A Review of Significant 2015 Oregon Appellate Decisions
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Noon to 1:30 p.m.

Our distinguished panelists include Oregon Supreme Court Justice Richard Baldwin, Oregon Court of Appeals Judge Joel DeVore, Oregon Deputy Solicitor General Paul Smith, and Willamette University Law Professor Jeffrey Dobbins. Section chair Cody Hoesly will moderate. The panel will discuss significant 2015 decisions from both appellate courts in diverse areas of law.

Location: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, PC, 1211 SW Fifth Ave., 19th Floor, downtown Portland.

Credits: 1.5 general MCLE credits (pending).

Cost: $20 Appellate Practice Section members; $25 nonmembers; free for judges and court staff.

Registration: Print and complete the form below. Send the completed form and a check payable to “Oregon State Bar” to: Sara Kobak, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, PC, 1211 S.W. Fifth Ave., 19th Floor, Portland, OR 97204.

Name of person attending: _________________________
Bar number: ______________
Appellate Practice Section member (yes or no): _______
Amount of check enclosed: $ _______
Questions? Email [email protected] 

Materials:  What Just Happened — Feb 2016.docx

What Just Happened? A Review of Significant 2015 Oregon Appellate Decisions

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The OSB Appellate Practice Section invites and encourages you to attend its upcoming brown bag CLE regarding significant 2015 decisions from our state appellate courts. Registration is open.

What Just Happened?
A Review of Significant 2015 Oregon Appellate Decisions
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Noon to 1:30 p.m.

Our distinguished panelists include Oregon Supreme Court Justice Richard Baldwin, Oregon Court of Appeals Judge Joel DeVore, Oregon Deputy Solicitor General Paul Smith, and Willamette University Law Professor Jeffrey Dobbins. Section chair Cody Hoesly will moderate. The panel will discuss significant 2015 decisions from both appellate courts in diverse areas of law.
Location: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, PC, 1211 SW Fifth Ave., 19th Floor, downtown Portland.
Credits: 1.5 general MCLE credits (pending).
Cost: $20 Appellate Practice Section members; $25 nonmembers; free for judges and court staff.
Registration: Print and complete the form below. Send the completed form and a check payable to “Oregon State Bar” to: Sara Kobak, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, PC, 1211 S.W. Fifth Ave., 19th Floor, Portland, OR 97204.
Name of person attending: _________________________
Bar number: ______________
Appellate Practice Section member (yes or no): _______
Amount of check enclosed: $ _______
Questions? Email [email protected] 

ORAP 16.50 “Bookmark” Issue

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If you attended the Fall CLE, you may recall that a question arose during the CLE regarding the judges’ ability to see attorney-created bookmarks in Good Reader.  Good Reader is the program that the judges use on their e-readers to read briefs.  ORAP 16.50 encourages attorneys to use bookmarks and hyperlinks in e-filed briefs.  However, a question arose at the CLE regarding whether attorney-created bookmarks are actually visible in Good Reader.
The Section has worked with appellate court staff to resolve this issue.  Upon investigation, it has been confirmed that attorney-created bookmarks are visible in Good Reader.  They are not in the most obvious location, however, so court staff is working to ensure that all judges know how to find them in Good Reader.  We are glad this issue came to the court’s attention so that it could be resolved. 
Now that this issue is resolved, it is a good time to remember ORAP 16.50.  The Fall CLE materials are on the this website, including a “Handout—ORAP 16.50” that provides step-by-step instructions for adding bookmarks and hyperlinks to e-briefs.
Best regards,
Robyn Aoyagi
Chair, Appellate Practice Section

Appellate Practice CLE & Social Materials

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The Full CLE Materials Packet may be downloaded in PDF format below:

CLE: “The Supreme Court Inside and Out”

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The Oregon State Bar’s Business Litigation Section is pleased to present a distinguished panel to discuss the ins and outs of preparing and presenting argument before the U.S. Supreme Court and the unique decision-making process that results in precedents that impact us all.

When:  Wednesday, November 11, 2015
5:00 – 5:30 P.M. Reception
5:30 – 6:30 CLE Program

Where: Red Star Tavern
503 SW Alder Street
Portland, Oregon 97204

It is the highest court in the land and the court of last resort for the privileged few whose legal issues are lofty and consequential enough for the Court to consider. There are unwritten rules of etiquette and an expectation of advocacy at its most polished.

The panel includes Oregon Supreme Court Justice Rives Kistler who is a former clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell; Jeff Lamken, a partner at Molo Lamken in Washington D.C, who is a former clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Conner and a former Assistant Solicitor General who has argued 21 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court; and Steve Wilker, a partner at Tonkon Torp who argued a case before the U.S. Supreme Court last year.

Registration details are below the jump.
Please sign me up for “The Supreme Court Inside and Out” on November 11, 2015, at 5:00 p.m., at the Red Star Tavern, 503 SW Alder Street, Portland, OR 97204. The Business Litigation Section is applying for 1 hour of General CLE Credit for this program.

Name:                                          

Address:                                      
                                                    
                                                    
Bar No.:                                      
Phone:                                        

Section Member?
Non-Member?
Judge?
Student or 2014/2015 Admittee?

Registration Fee: $20 section members; $25 non-members; $5 for law students and 2014/2015 admittees; Judges are free. CREDIT CARDS ARE NOT ACCEPTED.

Please return this form with a check payable to “Oregon State Bar” byWednesday, November 4, 2015, to OSB Business Litigation Section Treasurer, John Casey, K&L Gates LLP, One SW Columbia St., Suite 1900, Portland, OR 97258.

Appellate Practice Section Social – October 29, 2015

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We have a great CLE planned, and the Social is always a terrific opportunity to mingle with colleagues and Oregon’s appellate judges. It’s the appellate event of the year. Don’t miss it! Register now!

When:   Thursday, October 29, 2015, 3:00 PM – 7 PM
Where:  Sentinel Hotel
614 SW 11th Ave.
Downtown Portland

Agenda and registration information below the jump.


3:00-3:05 p.m. — Annual Meeting.

3:05-5:00 p.m. — CLE: “E-Briefing in Oregon.” An e-brief is more than a brief filed electronically. It is one strategically designed to be read electronically. Our fabulous panel—including Justice Kistler, Justice Landau, Judge Sercombe, Supreme Court Staff Attorney Lisa Norris-Lampe, and attorney Cody Hoesly—will discuss what Oregon appellate judges and staff attorneys like (and don’t like) to see when they read an e-brief. With practical demonstrations.

5:00-5:15 p.m. — CLE: Results of the Court of Appeals Performance Standards Survey. Judge Sercombe will discuss the results of this recent survey.

5:15-5:30 p.m. — A Brief Celebration of Justice Linder and Chief Judge Haselton. On the occasion of their upcoming retirements.

5:30-7:00 p.m. — Appellate Social. Mingle, mingle, mingle. Beer and wine hosted by Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt and Tonkon Torp LLP.

COST: The CLE is $30 for Appellate Practice Section members; $40 for non- members; and free for appellate judges, clerks, and court staff. Social is free.

CLE CREDITS: We will be requesting 2.25 general credits for the CLE.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Print and complete the following form. If you are attending the CLE, include a check in the appropriate amount, payable to “Oregon State Bar.” Send to: Sara Kobak, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, PC, 1211 SW Fifth Ave., 19th Floor, Portland, OR 97204. If you are not enclosing a check, you may email the form to [email protected].

Name of person attending: _______________________________________

Bar number: ____________

Appellate Practice Section member: YES ____ NO ____

Attending: CLE & Social ____ CLE Only ____ Social Only ____

Check enclosed: YES ____ N/A ____

Questions? Email: [email protected]

Invitation to Attend the Matthew Paul Deady Event!

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The Board of Directors of the Pioneer Courthouse Historical Society invite you to a late-afternoon reception and conversation about early Oregon jurist and first federal judge Matthew Paul Deady and his architectural legacy, the historic Pioneer Courthouse.
When: Thursday, October 23, 2014, 4:00 PM
Where: Pioneer Courthouse, S.W. Sixth Avenue between Yamhill and Morrison
RSVP by October 17, 2014 to [email protected] to ensure a seat!  Seating is limited to the first 80 guests so please respond soon!

Join members of the Oregon bench and bar, fellow historians, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain, Oregon Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Balmer, and Ralph James Mooney, Kaapcke Professor of Law, Emeritus, University of Oregon, on the life and legacy of Judge Deady.
Discussions by Oregon’s most-distinguished legal historians will be followed by appetizers and libations in the lobby.  In addition, the historical society will unveil a new illustrated exhibit based on the diaries of Judge Deady, wherein he penned his own personal and legal opinions about Portland and Portlanders, ca. 1860-1890.
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you!
The Board of Directors Pioneer Courthouse Historical Society